CVE-2008-3356
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
verifydb in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and other Unix platforms sets the ownership or permissions of an iivdb.log file without verifying that it is the application's own log file, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink with an iivdb.log filename.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3343)
- Published
- August 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3343 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ingres / ingres
- ingres / ingres
- ingres / ingres
- ingres / ingres
- ingres / ingres
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=731
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31357(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31398
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020613
- http://www.ingres.com/support/security-alert-080108.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495177/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30512
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2292
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2313
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44177
- https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=181989
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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